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PRIO is pleased to announce the appointment of Nina Græger as its next Director, effective 1 July 2025.

The Director of PRIO, Henrik Urdal, announced his list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms topping the list.

New report outlines the on-the-ground consequences of Israel’s ban on UNRWA which comes into effect next week.

In a survey carried out for the Peace Research Institute Oslo, 41 per cent of people questioned in Norway believe it is likely that a new world war will break out within 10 years. Just as alarming, 55 per cent anticipate a new armed conflict in Eu...

Last year saw the highest number of state-based conflicts since 1946. In addition, the past three years were the most violent in the last three decades, according to new conflict trend analysis.

Over two dozen top peace negotiators gather this week in Oslo for the thirteenth UN High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies.

Research carried out by PRIO has found that public information campaigns warning against migration rarely affect desires to leave. And when they do, they surprisingly tend to increase the wish to migrate.

At Vika Kino in Oslo, PRIO screens the film "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" about Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee's mobilization of Liberian women to end the country's civil war.

Kristian Hoelscher has been granted YRT funding from the Research Council of Norway for the three-year project Political Transformation in African Cities (PACE).

Today we are wishing the new Communication Director at PRIO welcome.

​The director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, updated his shortlist today for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, with human rights activists topping the list.

​This week, the UN High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies celebrates ten years.

​The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region accounted for over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, even more than Russia's invasion of Ukraine which accounted for more than 81,000 deaths, according to new conflict trends data released today.

​A report released today by the Peace Research Institute Oslo finds that at least 6,000 civilians were killed in the first 20 months following Myanmar's military coup in 2021.

Afghanistan ranks worst of 177 countries in terms of the status of women, according to this year’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index launched today in New York.

New report shows 27,638 grave violations against children in conflict took place in 2022.

The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his list today for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with election observers topping the list.

The Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR article of the Year Award, 2023, goes to Jason Klocek, Hyun Jeong Ha and Nathanael Gratias.